Mike and Anita James

Yesterday, we had some of the most beautiful weather.  It was the warmest it’s been this year.  People were in shorts and outside loving the weather. Today is Koninginnedag, Queen’s Day.  It’s the day to celebrate the queen.  It’s supposed to be on her birthday, but since her birthday is in the winter and weather [...]

Earlier this week, both Grace and I were sick.  Fortunately, our fevers only lasted a day or two.  It came at a terrible time though.  I guess there’s never a good time to get sick, but we got sick when we had company coming.  Our friends were sick the week before, so they had no [...]

No, we don’t have major changes in our lives.  It is feeling much more like autumn here though.  Schools here had an autumn break last week, and it was so nice to have a little bit of time to relax as a family.  We were able to go to a few museums.  Here is Grace [...]

After having to have our things go through customs, we were really happy to have our things arrive in The Netherlands.  It seems like it’s been so long since we shipped it from America that I had forgotten many of the things we packed.  That’s why it felt a little like Christmas today. We had [...]

We finished the Arkansas Kids Camp on Friday.  We love being/speaking at camps.  We always have such a great time and meet so many awesome people. It’s also fun to do the services and have “interesting” characters come out and meet everyone.  Here is Mike talking with Polly Esther.  I’m not sure, but I’m guessing [...]

I’m a major list maker.  If any of you are list makers, you can understand.  I’ve even put things on my lists that I had already done only to mark them off.  I felt like I had done more.  Mike has told me that I need to add “breathe” on my list of things to [...]

I can’t believe we’ve been in America for a year.  Sometimes it seems like it’s been less time than that; sometimes it seems longer.  Grace is nearly finished with her year at school.  First grade has been wonderful for her.  She’s also gotten to experience some things that she never has at school before like [...]

Mondays are hard for many people.  We aren’t immune to it either.  Grace is in 1st grade.  We have to make sure that she doesn’t miss school.  So, on Sunday nights, we travel home after church.  Most times it isn’t a problem.  Last night we were in Austin, Texas.  It is about a four hour [...]

I’ve heard from some of my friends in The Netherlands that spring is there.  I wish I was too!  One of the things I really miss about The Netherlands is all the flowers.  I remember going into Leiden and buying 30 tulips for 5 euros.  With the dollar like it is today, that would be [...]

This year, Grace is in the 1st grade in America.  She essentially finished that grade last year, but because her birthday is at the end of September, they wouldn’t budge on it.  So, besides doing her normal 1st grade homework, she’s been doing some extra work. We learned a while ago that Grace is highly [...]